The IPL 2025 clash between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) began with a comical toss incident in Jaipur on Saturday (April 19).

Stepping in as captain for the injured Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag fumbled the coin flap, which left his LSG counterpart Rishabh Pant in splits.

The coin barely spun in the air, thus, Pant refrained from making a call. The toss referee called for a redo. On the second attempt, Pant called “tails” and got it right.

Known for his candid nature, Rishabh Pant also teased Parag by saying: “Tune aise hi fek diya, spin bhi kar yaar!”, which translates to, “You just tossed it like that, at least make it spin!”

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After winning the toss, Rishabh Pant opted to bat first. He explained his decision, stating: “We're going to bat first, wicket is looking dry so we want to take advantage. No dew so why not bat first. General thought process was to take the positives. We are lacking in small areas, want to improve on those and take the game forward. Was good to get back into form and contribute. I was not worried about, knew it was round the corner. Sometimes it takes time and I got time in the last game. Prince comes in for Akash Deep.”

The Royals named the teenage prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi as their impact substitute. At just 14 years and 23 days, Suryavanshi became the youngest-ever player to be named in an IPL matchday squad.

At the toss, Parag said: “We were looking to bowl, it is a little bit warm under lights, should be better than the last time. Vaibhav the youngster comes in. It's been kinda tricky, we've been doing small bits right but we haven't been able to put a collective performance together, we've been having honest chats as a team. We love playing here, we know the conditions well, hope we can put that to good use.”

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag(c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande